All day long, Fish Manor buzzed with such rumors, and poor Shunzi, caught in the crossfire, was on the verge of tears.
After closing time, Erya erupted in anger, "What do you have to say for yourself? Everyone out there is saying that Chancellor Zhang took in my father because Miss Zhang has her eye on you. So tell me, what's really going on between you and Miss Zhang?"
Shunzi, with a tearful face, said, "I'm innocent! You see me in the shop every day, I've never been out of your sight. When would I even have had a chance to do anything with Miss Zhang?"
Over there, Sanbao was still speaking up for his sister, "Brother-in-law, there's no smoke without fire. The rumors are spreading like wildfire. We're not exactly rich and powerful, so why is it that they're singling you out?"
"I...?" Shunzi was feeling utterly helpless, swallowing his grievances. He wanted to know what was going on too, because he didn't even know the Zhang family's second daughter.
